New
release on Adaaat from Bjorn Hatlesjog who is also known as
'Romvelope'.
"One Course Meal, the debut album from ADAADAT co-founder
ROMVELOPE (better known as Bjorn Hatleskog), taking you on
a Norwego-Scottish tour through electro, R'n'B and hip-hop,
with diversions into a bewildering array of other styles.
Ska, samba, country and western and disco are all ingredients
in the one course meal. Freaky experimental noise interludes
complement the 21st century car crash pop songs. ROMVELOPE's
finger never leaves the edit button as the smile on his face
appears by turns genial and manic. "One Course Meal"
also features vocal collaborations with DJ SHABUSHABU, ERASER
99, LAZY SUSAN and MC KANBOJIA to name but a few, adding a
seductive Hit Parade sheen to the 8-bit mayhem. "One
Course Meal" is a delicious and satisfying dish of steaming
dancefloor fodder and succulent head food."
On
with the audio's...
"Finger
of Blame feat Mc Kanboija" is a plod fest through crazywavy
land with your shoulders covered in scale like layers of
lips, that enjoy shouting at you 24/7 from your bony outcrops..damn
them mouth's. Mc Kanboija sounds like a loon, but I like
it. "Dental Triangle feat Libby Lloyd" warps the
sun into a frisbee shaped dish and proceeds to skim it direct
at your face,,fuckin bastaad that triangle is. Plinks plonks
and smoothed off cubes, roll around in formation and cause
a dusty cloud of intelligence to rise to the ceiling, spitting
out rewinds, kickdrums and sharpened water droplets, that
melt like ice-cream beautifully into your fur like exoskeleton.
Awesome stuff.
Imagine
a hole in the ground full of marzipan and its raining PLASTICINE,
well if you can, you must be listening to "Aping a
ram feat OMMM" its short but oh so sweet, whilst "Rice
Fever feat Eraser99" is more of an aggressive speed
run through a distorted gameboy dream, laced with a boy
and his blob callings and stuttering drumbeats, that circle
Eraser99's vocals perfectly. Get on down, down down then
eject yourself from this 8bit partay. I love it. Blip blap
blam, zap, ricochet pulse, rida rida, we must be in the
vicinity of "Intensive Squares". Just for one
minute picture the glorious scene of a bridge made of Super
Famicoms, and then if you will, place a bustling metropolis
carved from pink and purple controller keys on top, wire
yourself directly in, and download all that days data into
your eyes. Yeh you know exactly what I mean. Joy oh joy.
"Diagnosis Murder" which takes its name from one
of the greatest programs ever created, doesnt sound anything
like the theme tune, but does upload you into the dirtiest
available port on a calculator, with serious intent. Numbers
flash and stutter throughout, with slices of voice bouncing
off the green light wire fence all around you, as you crunch
up into a tiny porcelain ball and roll out an eye socket
into safety, or something along those lines.
"Squirrels
under siege" plays like a tiny orchestra rapping with
a Casio my first synthesizer. Bassy trombone style hits
and crisp as a shatterproof ruler sparks, talk to each other
in an unknown language, whilst you stand just out of sight
having a good listen in. You sneaky mofo. "Meercat
Mountain feat Libby Looyd, Lazy Susan AND Gavin" takes
it to the top of the castle and spits down at you from above,
with its undersized mouth, like a minature army of cats
with glass faces just plain old taking the piss. A bit of
a way in, you enter a warp zone, and aimlessly float around
with a cloud like whistle as the density of the air doubles,
before the whole world turns into a huge oak tree and creaks
itself into the future with endless happiness. Nine minutes
of awesomeness.
"One
course meal" is mad stuff, a cascade of sounds, memories
and voices, that blend together to create a solid package
for the Adaadat catalogue. Grab your pencil case and join
Romvelope and his pals, on a blatantly crazy mission into
sub levels, glowing faces and information overload. If you
love the old school games, brightly coloured buttons and
music that will open up new sectors in your brain, this
is the key.
Well
pld Bjorn, three thumbs up.
Sam
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